Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 241 The world's number one straight board, well deserved!
"Aleez!"

After Coach Morin's encouragement, Felix finally shook off the depression of the first game's defeat and regained his confidence.

He bounced on the spot and yelled.

At this moment, Felix had a resolute expression, sharp eyes, and high morale.

He shook hands with Coach Morin and then walked onto the court with confident steps.

"Felix!"

"Felix!"

"Felix!"

……

The cheers from the audience made Felix's blood boil.

"This is my home!"

Felix gritted his teeth secretly in his heart, "I will never let down the support of my fellow countrymen!"

"We must keep the championship in Montpellier!"

Felix raised his right hand, clenched his fist, looked around, and shouted silently in his heart, "I will never let you down!"

Without changing his mind, he just glanced.

But Chen Jin was seen walking slowly towards the arena with a towel in his hand, head held high and chest puffed out.

This is different from Felix's determined look.

Chen Jin's face was gloomy, and deep in his cold eyes were two sharp edges like quenched swords.

His whole body exuded murderous aura.

It was as if an ancient demon had walked out from the deepest part of hell, making people's souls tremble.

The two people's eyes met in the air.

"boom!"

The cold and sharp eyes were like a terrifying lightning with a breath of destruction, tearing through the sky, reaching the center of the sky, and penetrating Felix's heart.

Felix's newly rekindled confidence and fighting spirit were instantly extinguished by Chen Jin's eyes.

"Gulu!"

Felix swallowed, a look of fear appeared in his eyes, "What's going on?"

"The first round was fine, why did Chen Jin suddenly become so murderous?"

"It's like wanting to eat people."

He was a smart man. When he saw the expression on Chen Jin's face, which was gloomy but with a hint of anger, he reacted immediately.

"Could it be..."

In fact, during the break between innings, he also heard some discordant sounds coming from the stands.

Naturally, he was opposed to this.

However, as an athlete, he can only take care of himself and cannot make any demands on the audience.

And now, looking at Chen Jin's expression, he was obviously angered by those discordant voices.

"Is Chen Jin going to be serious in this round?"

Felix's face looked extremely ugly for a moment.

Unsurprisingly.

In the second game, Chen Jin was like a gunpowder, very fierce.

Backhand twist, sideways charge, and the first three board techniques are all in his hands.

The power, speed, rotation, landing point...all were displayed to the fullest.

0: 1.

2: 0.

3: 0.

0: 4.

0: 5.

……

Chen Jin's offensive rhythm was like a violent storm or raging waves, making it difficult to resist.

Moreover, it is often a fatal blow.

Felix was not given any chance to fight back.

The fierce and ferocious attack, the cold and decisive killing, made Felix lose all his temper.

At first, Felix wanted to bite the bullet and give it his all to fight Chen Jin.

However, the more he resisted, the more excited Chen Jin became.

Various magical balls emerge one after another.

Felix's attack was like a three-year-old child's tickle in front of Chen Jin, not worth mentioning.

Just five minutes.

The score has reached 10:0.

Felix was so tortured that he felt hopeless and even doubted his own life: "Mom, I don't want to play table tennis anymore. I just want to go home now."

F**k ping pong dream!

The key point is, it wasn't him who made Chen Jin angry.

It's those brainless idiots.

You suffer for no reason and have to take the blame for others, but you have no place to appeal for justice.

"It's 0:10."

Felix glanced at the scoreboard and felt nervous. "Looking at this situation, Chen Jin should not give any points."

Ranked in the top ten in the world, bronze medalist in the men's singles at the Paris Olympics, current and former world No. 1 straight player... He has so many halos and titles, and he is playing at home.

If I were to have my head shaved in front of my fellow villagers, wouldn't I be embarrassed?
How would I have the face to return to Montpellier and face these fellow countrymen who support me?
Think of this.

Felix gritted his teeth and said, "No, even if I lose this game, I can't let Chen Jin beat me 11 to 0!"

"Allez!"

Felix yelled again.

He cheered up, renewed his fighting spirit, bent down, and watched Chen Jin's every move closely.

10: 0.

It's Chen Jin's turn to score.

There was no expression on Chen Jin's face, and he was as cold as an emotionless killer.

I glanced at Felix and saw that he was ready to receive the serve.

Toss the ball and draw the racket.

Hook serve.

The forehand is short.

Felix stepped forward and tried to make a short pass.

however.

Perhaps because I was a little nervous, I made a mistake in controlling my hands.

The serve was high.

"Oops!"

Felix's face turned pale immediately, he thought something was wrong, and stepped back in a hurry.

Without waiting for him to leave the stage.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, the sound of the ball hitting the ball was deafening.

It was like a sudden thunder explosion, causing Felix's heart to tremble violently.

Just by listening to the sound, you can tell that the power and speed of this ball cannot be stopped by retreating from the table.

"It's over!"

Felix's face was filled with despair and regret, "0 to 11..."

however.

The mind has not changed.

The audience was shocked when they heard this.

"what?"

Felix looked carefully and was suddenly stunned.

He never expected that Chen Jin, like him, would make a fatal mistake.

With one burst of energy, the ball flew out of bounds.

Felix got a point for nothing.

10: 1.

Felix was surprised and delighted that the situation turned out well and he managed to save face.

"Cuo Le!"

Felix clenched his fists and roared.

I was even more excited than if I had won the championship.

Before he could finish his roar, Felix glanced at Chen Jin and suddenly calmed down.

"and many more."

Felix frowned secretly, "With Chen Jin's strength, how could he make such a low-level mistake in a chance like this?"

"Could it be..."

Felix turned his head to look at Chen Jin, and saw that he still had no expression on his face. "He didn't want to embarrass me, so he gave me one point?"

The more I think about it, the more I think this is possible.

The score gap in this round was too big, and facing an opponent like Chen Jin, Felix knew that he was powerless to turn the tide.

"No matter what, whether it's returning the points or apologizing, you have to give one point back."

Felix made up his mind.

When Chen Jin served again, he didn't care about the spin and just rubbed the ball into the net.

Then, he put down his racket, picked up his towel, and walked to the sidelines without hesitation.

11: 1.

The overall score is 2:0.

The audience seats finally became much quieter.

At least, no one shouted "yellow banana yellow" or anything like that. Wang Hao smiled with satisfaction and handed the water bottle to Chen Jin: "Give up a point?"

"That's it."

Chen Jin took a sip and said, "Montpellier is Felix's hometown, so we still can't hit him too hard."

"It's done well."

Wang Hao smiled.

On the playing field, there is not only fighting and killing, but also human relationships.

"Felix has suffered for others in this round."

Wang Hao's expression became serious. "However, a competition is still a competition. We can't be too lenient."

"When you need to be ruthless, you must be ruthless and don't give your opponent any chance to breathe."

Back then, Liu Guoliang's evaluation of him was that he had enough courage to lead a group of people but not enough courage to stand alone.

Wang Hao was a little soft-tempered and not decisive enough in the finals of major competitions, which led to him losing many championships.

Especially the Sanya Olympics, which became Wang Hao's lifelong pain.

Of course, only Wang Hao himself knows best how much impact losing the gold medal at the age of 21, in his first Olympic Games, has had on his future career.

It is precisely because of his own experiences and lessons learned in the past that Wang Hao requires younger generations like Chen Jin to be more aggressive in the competition.

"clear."

Chen Jin nodded.

"In a best-of-seven match, the third game is the most crucial."

Wang Hao said, "Although Felix's mentality has been broken by you in the first two games, we still can't take it lightly."

“Foreign players who can reach the top ten in the world, in addition to their strong skills, they also have strong adjustment abilities.”

"In the third game, which is a crucial one, Felix will definitely fight hard."

Speaking of which.

Wang Hao paused and looked at Chen Jin: "So, we must hold on in this round."

In the second game, Chen Jin went all out and must have consumed a lot of physical energy.

If the third game is the same as before, it will be difficult to continue.

Therefore, in this round, Wang Hao planned to let Chen Jin change his tactics and turn offense into defense.

As long as we can withstand Felix's offensive pressure, Felix will definitely lose in the fourth game.

Even, what's the harm in letting him off the hook?
But Chen Jin doesn't think so.

It is useless to resist when you know your opponent is going to fight you to the death.

Violence must be fought with violence!

"Coach Wang, please rest assured."

Chen Jin wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I know what I should do."

At this moment.

The referee reminded: "Time."

The third game begins.

Just as Wang Hao expected, Felix indeed adopted a crazy fighting tactic.

Several consecutive long balls at the beginning created opportunities for him to fight.

But Chen Jin fought more fiercely than him.

1: 0.

1: 1.

1: 2.

2: 2.

3: 2.

2: 4.

……

In the first three boards, serve and attack, forehand bombardment, backhand tearing... This game is not only a head-on competition of technical strength, but also a competition of tactics.

9: 4.

Chen Jin scored the goal.

The forehand is short.

Side down.

Felix played short cautiously.

Chen Jin swung back.

The two men fought back and forth for four or five rounds of short balls on the table.

Suddenly, Chen Jin stepped forward, made a backhand straight shot, and rushed straight to Felix's right half of the table.

I know that this ball is of average quality and cannot penetrate Felix's forehand.

After making the move, Chen Jin subconsciously predicted that Felix was very likely to counterattack his diagonal shot.

He immediately moved his feet and tried to return to the forehand position for defense.

Unexpectedly, Felix seemed to see through Chen Jin's thoughts and actually tore the straight line back.

Seeing that Chen Jin's body was shaken and he was unable to withdraw his steps in time to protect his backhand.

Sudden.

Chen Jin made a dragon-like move, holding the racket with his right arm and circling from behind.

"Snapped!"

Hit the ball from behind.

Such a smooth and cool operation made Felix dumbfounded.

However, he reacted very quickly.

He came to his senses, slid sideways, swung his forehand, and rushed to the middle.

Chen Jin was not in a hurry and wiped it with his backhand.

Cut the ball back steadily.

Felix continued to charge with his forehand, and with a snap, the return ball went into the net.

"what--"

Felix was so angry after being hit from behind by Chen Jin that he wanted to smash his racket.

Fortunately, we pulled back in time and avoided the pig feeding warning.

But Felix felt so aggrieved that he put the racket in his mouth, wishing he could take a big bite.

Look at the audience again.

They all stood up and applauded and cheered for Chen Jin's brilliant behind-the-back shot.

This scene stimulated Felix even more.

"This is my home turf!"

Felix gritted his teeth and said, "I can lose the game, but I must get this place back!"

Next game.

For Felix, winning or losing is no longer a matter of importance; the key is how to fight back.

But he tried to hit the ball from behind twice, but both times ended in failure.

5: 11.

Felix lost another game.

This time, he did not feel too frustrated.

Instead, he was concentrating on thinking, "How can I hit the ball from behind like Chen Jin did and get back the ground I lost?"

As he walked off the court, Felix was still making the gesture of hitting the ball from behind.

Seeing this, Coach Morin sighed.

Knowing that the gap in strength between Felix and Chen Jin is too big, it is impossible to win the game.

It would be better to let Felix play table tennis happily and enjoy the game.

Game 4.

Felix obviously lacked the fighting spirit to fight forward, and would try to hit the ball from behind whenever he had the chance.

Recalling how cool Chen Jin hit the ball from behind, Felix became angrier and angrier.

If I don’t fight back, I’m afraid I’ll suddenly jump out of bed at 2 a.m. and yell, “How can he be so pretentious?!”

Unfortunately, after five or six attempts, all ended in failure.

This made Felix even more unwilling: "Why did Chen Jin succeed in one try, but I can't do it even once?"

"Just because he's handsome, can he do whatever he wants?"

For him, winning or losing this game has become unimportant.

His only thought now is to hit the ball from behind and get back his ground!

However, many times, being too deliberate can backfire.

But Felix, who was too excited about the situation, didn't care at all and only wanted to show off his skills.

Felix never succeeded until the end of the game.

As Felix tried a last-ditch shot from behind, it came to nothing.

11: 3.

The overall score is 4:0.

Chen Jin swept Felix.

Not only did she win the 2024 WTT Montpellier Championship, but she also won this highly anticipated double straight battle.

I witnessed Chen Jin fight for four rounds and finally win the game.

Wang Hao, who was sitting outside the venue, was not as excited as imagined. Instead, he sat calmly on the sofa with his arms folded across his chest.

"Whether in terms of head-to-head record or world ranking, Chen Jin has clearly surpassed Felix."

“The world’s number one straight board, well deserved!”

What is this "straight-bar orthodoxy in Europe"? From this moment on, it should be completely thrown into the trash.

Wang Hao took a deep breath and looked up at the dome of the stadium.

The lights were so bright that he couldn't open his eyes.

In the dazzling light, in a trance, he seemed to see two figures from the past and the future slowly merging together.

(End of this chapter)